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The COVID-19 pandemic caused a worsening of the world's hunger in 2020. Between 720 and 811 million people worldwide faced hunger — 161 million more than in 2019, according to a report released Monday ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a sharp increase in the number of people going hungry worldwide, along with conflict and the impacts of climate change. A new report on the state of food security and ...

ROME — The United Nations on Monday lamented what it called a “dramatic worsening” of world hunger last year, saying much of that is likely connected to the pandemic. A report issued jointly by five ...

Three months ago, Sofia Bombina and her family of 11 had to flee their home on the Mozambique coast after their town was ...

A new United Nations report released Wednesday outlined the horrific statistics on worldwide hunger levels, showing that billions of people are facing food insecurities or are on the brink of ...

In the Sahrawi refugee camp in Algeria, community members have adapted H2Grow hydroponics to their local environment and now grow barley to feed their livestock. BY FastCo Works For more than 40 years ...

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and promote peace, was founded in 1961 at the request of U.S. President ...

The causes of global hunger are many and well-known: conflict, climate and in too many cases, cruelty. But it is the job of the United Nations World Food Programme to push through those barriers to ...

The 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI), published on Thursday, revealed soaring levels of hunger among the poor and working populations around the globe. The foreword, written by the heads of ...

The United Nations on Monday lamented what it called a “dramatic worsening" of world hunger last year, saying much of that is likely connected to the pandemic. A report issued jointly by five U.N.